user interface
noun
plural user interfaces
: software that is designed to allow a computer user to interact with the operating system of a machine or system (such as by selecting presented options or entering text commands)
Likewise, the user interface is remarkably unintuitive, requiring a whirlwind of relentless mouse clicking to move, talk, touch, look, or manipulate onscreen objects.—
Scott A. May
Scott A. May… a new user interface he vows will change the way people use computers.—InfoWorld
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Perhaps the most noticeable feature of the new update is Liquid Glass, a new user interface design that features clear, more fluid elements.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Jan. 2026
Performance issues, such as slow search and unresponsive user interfaces, have not gone away, despite the company’s heavy investment in infrastructure and optimization.
—Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Claude Cowork aims to bring Claude Code’s agentic capabilities to a broader audience by supplying it with a friendlier user interface and hiding some of the complexity that has made Claude Code daunting to the uninitiated.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
At the time, most of our research focused on how people liked user interfaces in cars, navigation systems and similar features.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Jan. 2026
Performance issues, such as slow search and unresponsive user interfaces, have not gone away, despite the company’s heavy investment in infrastructure and optimization.
—Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Claude Cowork aims to bring Claude Code’s agentic capabilities to a broader audience by supplying it with a friendlier user interface and hiding some of the complexity that has made Claude Code daunting to the uninitiated.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
At the time, most of our research focused on how people liked user interfaces in cars, navigation systems and similar features.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
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“User interface.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user%20interface. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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